Ali-AbanGCSEMediaStudies

  His Dark Materials: Language and Representation: Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an analysis of the episode - using  your notes from the screening in class .  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) You can currently  watch His Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer here . Camerawork, editing and sound: epic music close up shots and low shots on powerful characters like Mrs Coulter Mise-en-scene: different costumes for different worlds. Narrative and genre: Props character theory, fantasy, binary oppositions. 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ? Characters from different worlds, Demons 3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what  character roles  do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?   Will plays a hero character and Mis...

  1) Type up your WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  WWW- This is the steady progress from the last assessment with the potential to move up further EBI- Revise the music Video: You don't know the CSP which cost you in Q5. A great lesson for future exam. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2/2 Q2: 4/8 Q3: 3/6 Q4:3/3 Q5: 1/6 3)  Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write three connotations of the design and layout of Tatler. the cover star Emma Weymouth wearing a ballgown in the gardens of a stately home connotes the wealth and luxury that Tatler readers aspire to. The mise-en-scene (costume, make-up, pose, expression) all emphasise these aspects the choice of white and black font/typography against the natural setting connotes...

  Audience and Industry: blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Doctor Who: Audience and Industry blog tasks' and answer the following questions: Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? Teenagers to young adults, No as the theme of Doctor Who hasn't changed  2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity:  The audience can relate with Susan as a teenager in school.   Personal Relationships: Audience will have a relationship with Babara and Susan throughout the episode Diversion (Escapism): The Tardis makes it fun and entertaining Surveillance (Information / Facts): Learning about space 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020s audience? Modern Users will have ...

Language and Representation: blog tasks Create a new blogpost called Doctor Who : Language and Representation blog tasks and complete the following questions on your blog: Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or this Google document of class notes (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: Creaking door to Junkyard Mise-en-scene: Dark and Ominous  Narrative and genre: Binary opposition in age of Old and young- Doctor And Ian 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of  Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium: school is the norm, end of school ends the norm, new norm is the TARDIS Propp's character theory: Susan is protagonist, Barbara is sidekick, Doctor Who is the Villain, Ian plays a hero like role Barthes's enigma and action codes:  build up by music at the end, The cliff-hanger makes the audience want to watch the ne...